Contents 1
Unit 1 1
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 1
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 6
Text A How Boys Become Men 6
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 18
Text B My Father,My Son,My Self 19
Unit 2 30
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 30
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 35
Text A The Three Stages of Man(1) 35
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 45
Text B The Fall 46
Unit 3 54
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 54
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 59
Text A The Three Stages of Man(2) 59
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 70
Text B Rewards of Living a Solitary Life 71
Unit 4 78
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 78
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 84
Text A My Father's Shadow 84
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 96
Text B Winterblossom Garden 97
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 106
Unit 5 106
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 112
Text A What Are Friends for? 112
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 124
Text B Friendship and Living Longer 125
Unit 6 132
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 132
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 137
Text A The Lean and Hungry Look 137
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 149
Text B Tips for Women:How to Have a Relationship with a Guy? 150
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 160
Unit 7 160
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 166
Text A Living History 166
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 179
Text B Personal Relationships in the Not-So-Good Old Days 181
Unit 8 191
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 191
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 196
Text A Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education 196
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 208
Text B Anonymous Evaluations ofTeachers by Their Students 210
Appendix Vocabulary 219